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NEW DELHI: Days after resignation of Vijay Mallaya from UB group firm MCFL, the fertiliser company today announced appointment of his step-mother Ritu Mallya as a director of the firm with immediate effect. In a surprise move on December 1, Mallya had resigned as director of the Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (MCFL), which is the target of a takeover battle between Deepak Fertilisers and Zuari Group. In a filing to the BSE , MCFL said, "... the company's Board of Directors has appointed Mrs Ritu Mallya as a Director of the Company with immediate effect.

MUMBAI: Shares of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers surged over 9 per cent today after Vijay Mallya resigned as a director of the company. After surging 19.97 per cent to Rs 97.90 in intra-day session, shares of MCFL finally ended at Rs 89.25, up 9.38 per cent from previous close on the BSE. At the NSE, the stock closed 7.66 per cent higher at Rs 89.25. The company's market valuation rose by Rs 90.75 crore to Rs 1,057.75 crore. About 2.98 lakh shares of the company changed hands at the BSE, while more than 10 lakh shares were traded at the NSE during the day. As UB Group continues to face growing shareholder activism, its Chairman Vijay Mallya today resigned as a director of group entity MCFL without assigning any reasons.

NEW DELHI: As UB Group continues to face growing shareholder activism, its Chairman Vijay Mallya today resigned as a director of group entity Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (MCFL) without assigning any reasons. "Dr Vijay Mallya, a Director on the Board of Directors of the Company, has resigned with immediate effect," MCFL said in a filing to stock exchanges. There was no reason given for the resignation, which came within days of minority shareholders of United Spirits rejecting 9 out of 12 resolutions, including those pertaining to pacts with entities connected to erstwhile promoter Mallya.

MANGALURU: The Airports Authority of India has requested the Union Health ministry to set up a thermal scanner equipment to check the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at the Mangalore International Airport here. A team of Directorate General of Civil Aviation from Hyderabad and Bengaluru had visited the airport to take stock of measures to detect EVD and the team was fully satisfied, MIA director J T Radhakrishna said. Officials were now undertaking screening activities of international passengers based on symptoms and so far no passenger was detected with the virus or quarantined, he said in a statement here.

KOCHI: Expanding its connectivity to the Gulf, Jet Airways today launched direct flight service from Kochi to Dubai. This the first direct flight of Jet Airways from Kerela to that region and will complement such flights from other parts of the country to Abu Dhabi, Dammam, Doha, Kuwait, Muscat and Sharjah, among others. Dubai is linked with five flights from Mumbai, one from Mangalore and two with Delhi, making it the largest operator between India and Dubai. Jet Airways flight 9W 528 will take off from Kochi International Airport at 0830 hrs (local time)

NEW DELHI: Perturbed over Air India's delayed flights, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati has asked the carrier to fix all short-haul aircraft that are not in flying condition by March next year. The aviation minister met heads of all departments, including Chairman and Managing Director Rohit Nandan and Joint Managing Director Nasir Ali , to understand why the airline's flights were behind schedule. The minister was informed that one of the key reasons for the delay was the high level of grounded aircraft.

MANGALORE: The Mangalore-Kuwait Air India operations were resumed today with the first flight of the season taking off from Mangalore International Airport. The flight had been suspended since February this year as it was not profitable. The flight from Mangalore to Kuwait will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, departing from Mangalore at 7.30 am and reaching Kuwait via Bahrain at 11.15 am (local time), an Air India official said. In the return direction, the flight from Kuwait to Mangalore will operate non-stop, taking off from Kuwait at 12.15 pm local time and arriving in Mangalore at 19.25 hours local time, it said.

BANGALORE: Japan is most likely to fund a 20-km critical road project between Hassan and Dakshina Kannada districts - commonly called Shiradi Ghat stretch -to facilitate smooth movement of traffic to Mangalore port, the only primary port in Karnataka. The project could cost about Rs 2,000 crore, or about Rs 100 crore for each kilometre of road construction. The 20-km bypass includes building of mountain tunnels and long-span bridges in the forest area. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

NEW DELHI: Over 150 passengers of an Air India Express flight from Dammam to Kozhikode, scheduled on Saturday night, were stranded almost two days as the Boeing 737 aircraft developed a major technical fault. A special aircraft has been arranged to fly the passengers from Dammam to Kozhikode via Mangalore tonight to reach India by tomorrow morning, officials of the Air India subsidiary told PTI from Kozhikode, adding that this plane would operate the scheduled flight IX-386.

MANGALORE: Local fishermen in the Dakshina Kannada district today picketed the office of Fisheries Deputy Director in the city demanding adeqate supply of kerosene to operate traditional and gillnet boats. The protest was organised by the Dakshina Kannada Gillnet and Traditional Fishermen's Association. Assosiation President Alias said the authorities were not supplying adequate quantity of kerosene to fishermen to operate their boats in the last two months for reasons best known to them.